Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (film)
2016 fantasy film
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- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is a 2016 dark fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and written by Jane Goldman, based on the 2011 novel by Ransom Riggs.
- Filming began in February 2015 in London and the Tampa Bay Area.
- It received mixed-to-positive reviews, with praise for Burton's direction and visual atmosphere, but criticism for its plot.
- 2 million worldwide against a production budget of $110 million.
- The home's children and headmistress, Miss Alma Lefay Peregrine (named after the well-known bird of prey the peregrine falcon), possess paranormal abilities and are known as "Peculiars".
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WikipediaMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is a 2016 dark fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and written by Jane Goldman, based on the 2011 novel by Ransom Riggs. The film stars Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Chris O'Dowd, Allison Janney, Rupert Everett, Terence Stamp, Ella Purnell, Judi Dench, and Samuel L. Jackson.
Filming began in February 2015 in London and the Tampa Bay Area. The film premiered at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, on September 25, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States on September 30, 2016, by 20th Century Fox. It received mixed-to-positive reviews, with praise for Burton's direction and visual atmosphere, but criticism for its plot. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children grossed $318.2 million worldwide against a production budget of $110 million.
Abe Portman has told his grandson Jake stories about battling monsters and spending his childhood at "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" at Cairnholm, an island off the coast of Wales. The home's children and headmistress, Miss Alma Lefay Peregrine (named after the well-known bird of prey the peregrine falcon), possess paranormal abilities and are known as "Peculiars". One day, Jake finds Abe dying with his eyes removed. He tells him to go to "the loop of September 3, 1943".
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